BB! Presents: Rap Music History #2

But my friend Ryan Fraser insisted I help him with his talent show routine. Ryan was an awesome basketball player. At 10 years old he was already tall, agile, and an athlete-to-be-envied. The routine that he and his mom had put together consisted of dribbling basketballs (which were red playground balls because the school wouldn’t let us dribble real basketballs on stage) in a pre-determined path along the school’s gym stage – to the funky rhymes of Kurtis Blow’s ‘Basketball’. (We also had some sweet, homemade Harlem Globetrotter’s type costumes.)

Kurtis Blow wasn’t the greatest of rappers. He had ‘The Breaks’ and a few other noteworthy jams, ‘Basketball’ included.

I wasn’t the greatest of red playground ball dribblers. But Ryan bore with me and on Talent Show day we got up on stage and busted our routine without flubbing it up.

We didn’t have the greatest routine at our Talent Show, but we damn sure had the most slammin’ soundtrack.

To the hoop, y’all.

(The following disclaimer, stolen by me from Zombie and by him from Bob Mould, slightly modified to my purposes, will be standard for the BB! Presents: Rap Music History series unless otherwise stated.)

MP3 files are posted for evaluation purposes only. Availability is limited: one week from the day of posting. Through this series, I’m trying to educate, share my passion for good music, and promote that good music to others, who will also hopefully continue to support these artists. Everyone is encouraged to purchase music and concert tickets for the artists you feel merit your hard earned dollars. If you hold copyright to one of these songs and would like the file removed, please let me know.